Lamp-bracket for miners&#39; caps.



N0. 629,692. Patented July 25, I899. T. R. JONES.

LAMP BRACKET FOR MINERS CAPS.

(Application filed May 25, 18994) (No Model.)

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Q |llll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS R. JONES, OF WILKES-BARREL PENNSYLVANIA.

LAMP-BRACKET FOR MINERSCAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,692, dated July 25,1899.

Application filed May 25,1899. Serial No. 718,177. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilkes- Barr, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Brackets for Miners Caps, of which the followin gis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of brackets for supporting miners lamps upon caps and hats in which it is sought to permit the lamp tomaintain its upright position when the cap is tilted forward and yet to hold the lamp securely against side motion at all times; and it consists of a single sheet-metal plate formed to receive the ordinary hook of a miners lamp and to hold the lamp in the manner desired in a more satisfactory and simple way than has heretofore been accomplished.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved lam p-bracket applied to a cap. Fig.2 is a central longitudinal section through the bracket in its upright position, showing the lamp attached. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the bracket tilted into the horizontal position, and Fig. t is a central longitudinal section through a modified form of bracket.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, A indicates the bracket, and B a cap having a peak or vizor O. The bracket, as shown, consists of a plate of sheet metal having a body portion 1, adapted to be supported'in a vertical position in front of the cap by means of the ends 2 and 3 of the plate, which are secured to the crown and vizor of the cap, respectively. The body of the plate projects upwardly beyond the crown of the cap and is bent rearwardly and downwardly upon itself at a point 4, the downward-extending portion 5 being approximately parallel with the face-plate and the attaching end 2 being united to the part 5 by a right-angled bend 12.

A central longitudinal slot 7 is formed in the upper half of the plate, said slot extending through the bend 4 and the downwardlyprojecting part 5 to a point at or near the junction of said part with the horizontal attaching part 2, and said horizontal part is provided with a perforation 6 in line with the slot and immediately in the rear of the bend 12. The perforation is of sufiicient size to receive the end 13 of the lamp-hook, and the slot is of sufficient width to permit the body 8 and the end of the hook to swing freely forward and back through it without permitting side play. The lower end of the slot is preferably enlarged, as shown at 9, so as to permit the free entrance of the end of the hook into the slot when the cap is tilted.

The manner in which the lamp 10 is supported upon the bracket when the latter is in its upright position is shown in Fig. 2, from which it will be observed that the shank of the hook above the point where it is attached to the lamp normally lies within the slot in the face-plate, while the bent portion of the hook extends through the slot in the rear part 5, the point of the hook extending through the perforation. So long as the cap is main* tained in its upright position the parts will remain as shown in Fig. 2, and the lamp will be prevented from swinging sidewise by rea son of the shank of the hook lying-longitudinally within the walls of the slot. When, however, the cap is tilted forward to the position shown in Fig. 3, the shank of the hook instead of lying longitudinally in the slot eX tends across the slot in the face-plate and also in the part 5, while the point of the hook extends through the slot in the face-plate. In this position side motion of the lamp is prevented by the walls of the slot hearing at two points upon the shank of the hook. The lamp being suspended from the narrow bridge-piece 11 between the slot andthe perforation, there is little friction to overcome in adjusting itself to any inclination of the cap, and the walls of the slot on either sideof the bend 4 prevent the hook from swinging or turning sidejust itself to any position of the cap short of inversion without side motion and Without any danger of spilling the oil.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A lamp-bracket for miners caps consisting of a plate adapted to be vertically arranged in front of the cap, and having its upper and lower ends adapted to be secured to the crown and peak thereof respectively, said plate having a rearwardly and downwardly bent portion near its upper end, a longitudinal slot in its upper portion extending through said bent portion, and a perforation in the rear of the bent portion and in line with the slot, substantially as described. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS R. JONES.

Witnesses:

J. F. ONEILL, H. S. BEETS. 

